Ming Zuo

Chapter 169 Traitor
The moment Huang Taiji saw the steel crossbow arrows, he knew that this unidentified Ming army was not ordinary.

Perhaps Zunhua was also captured by him.

He made a decisive decision and immediately issued an order.

"Ye Chen, Han Dai, and Hu Xibu, the three of you will lead [-] cavalry to Sandaohezi immediately to scout out the enemy. Once found, don't pester them, and send someone back quickly."

The three took orders and went immediately.

On the other side, Zuo Menggeng also received a report from the reconnaissance brigade, saying that he had confronted the Houjin scouts.

From this alone, Zuo Menggeng judged that the whereabouts of the rear camp had been exposed.

Can no longer go west.

Because Houjin's cavalry was faster than their infantry, and they had to climb mountains and mountains, and when they reached Sandaohezi, they would definitely be blocked.

Sandaohezi is the place where the Changshen Expressway passes through later generations, and a little further west is the G11 National Highway around Beijing.

The terrain here is flat, and there are official roads, which is really suitable for cavalry operations.

Zuo Menggeng immediately ordered the whole army to turn around, this time to go east.Crossed the Luan River overnight and entered the Huangtai Mountains.

Huang Taiji waited until night in Zunhua, but when Ye Chen and others reported nothing, he knew that the Ming army had not gone west.

It happened that Zuo Wing was planning to attack Qian'an, and he also planned to attack Yongping. By the way, he saw if he could say that he would be able to celebrate his ancestor's birthday, so he raised his army and headed eastward.

When the Hou Jin army returned to Jizhen, Zunhua was useless, and Huang Taiji gave up very simply.

The self-change has progressed here, and it is completely different from the original history.

In the original history, Huang Taiji was stationed in Zunhua until the end of February.After that, he went eastward, and then returned to Shenyang.

This time, the action was taken many days in advance, which immediately put a lot of pressure on the Ming troops of all ministries in Jizhen.

Zuo Menggeng, who was hiding in the mountains, also received a completely different piece of information from his previous life.

The new minister of the Ministry of War, Shen Yongmao, did not become an official as in his previous life, but was arrested and imprisoned by Chongzhen.

He didn't know that this was the butterfly effect he brought.

That day, he met Geng Zhangguang outside Tongzhou City, and brought him to Sun Chengzong and Hou Xun, so the two big brothers knew what happened to Geng Ruqi.

Sun Chengzong just scolded, but he was busy with everything, so he didn't care about it.

Hou Xun was different, keenly aware that this was a good opportunity to fight back.

Since the late Jin entered the bandits, the Donglin Party has suffered heavy losses in the court.

First Wang Qia was imprisoned, and then Qian Longxi was attacked.By December, with Yuan Chonghuan's arrest, the Donglin Party had suffered a complete defeat.

Hou Xun knew very well that if he didn't fight back again, he didn't know how many people would die in vain this time.

He remembered what Shen Yongmao had done, so he wrote a secret letter to Xiong Mingyu, the Minister of War.

When Xiong Mingyu received the secret letter, he immediately became interested and began to pay attention to various official documents in the Ministry of War.

Shen Yongmao's strategy is not clever at all.

The reason why the past life has not been revealed is that the emperor endorsed it, and under the general situation, the Donglin Party was so suppressed that it could not hold its head up; They were all cleared out of the court, and they were unable to recover until the end of the Ming Dynasty.

Another one is that the generals of the Donglin Party are all on the front line of the battle at this time, and only Han Yu and Cheng Jiming are left in the court hall. Turn a blind eye.

Now, Hou Xun found an opportunity and decided to give it a try.

Xiong Mingyu remained calm and quietly checked the official documents,

Shen Yongmao's official transfer document was quickly found by him, and he asked Geng Ruqi to change places for three consecutive days. This is the real evidence of crime.

Just when Tian Shizhen, the censor of Shanxi Province, wrote a letter, revisiting the case of Liu Hongxun, in an attempt to give Donglin party eye drops, Xiong Mingyu suddenly raised an issue, and presented the ironclad evidence of Shen Yongmao's disorder in the court.

Under the eyes of everyone, the evidence is so strong that even Chongzhen can't keep Shen Yongmao.

Moreover, Chongzhen was afraid that Shen Yongmao would confess himself by talking nonsense, so he immediately ordered him to be arrested in Jinyiwei Prison.

That night, Shen Yongmao "suicide in fear of crime" in prison.

But anyway, as soon as this matter came to light, the situation of the Donglin Party immediately changed.

Wang Yongguang, Wang Zaijin and others were terrified. They didn't know how much evidence Xiong Mingyu had, and they all shrank their heads.

The crazy rumors about Yuan Chonghuan that should have been circulating in the capital at this time have actually subsided a lot.

Chongzhen vomited blood secretly, but he had no choice but to appoint Liang Tingdong as Minister of the Ministry of War to take charge of the battle.

It is ironic that Liang Tingdong and Yang Sichang, who was later relied on by Chongzhen as a dry city, were both discovered and promoted by Wang Qia.

Chongzhen first sent Yang Sichang's father, Yang He, into the army, causing Yang He to die in the garrison; then he killed Yang Sichang's benefactor, Wang Qia, who died in prison, and had to execute the punishment of Dapi.

Zuo Menggeng even suspected that what Yang Sichang did later was revenge?
After tossing hard, Daming Jiangshan was finally tossed and broken, and there was no hope of bringing the dead back to life.

However, he didn't have much leisure to watch the government affairs, and the back camp encountered a crisis.

To be exact, their whereabouts were betrayed.

Huang Taiji sent troops to the east, but was held back by a thin and weak scholar in Santun camp.

The scholar was brought in front of Huang Taiji, and immediately knelt down and shouted.

"Student Fan Ji, weeping blood begged the sweat to avenge Mr. Fan and Fan Jiayu's elders!"

Huang Taiji Daqi.

"Who are you?"

The scholar wiped away his tears, feeling extremely sad.

"The student was originally a scholar in Fanjiayu, and later made a living in Zunhua City. After the soldiers of heaven entered the city, the student had the honor to meet Mr. Fan and listen to his teachings. Mr. Fan also defended the student. He also gave the student fifty taels of silver. The students took them back to help the elders. Unexpectedly, a group of officers and soldiers came and not only killed Mr. Fan, but also killed all the elders in Fanjiayu when they learned that the students had served in front of Mr. Fan. The students escaped by hiding in the snow. I swear to avenge Mr. Fan and his elders."

Hearing that it was Fan Wencheng's servant, Huang Taiji turned pale and looked at Bao Chengxian who was beside him.

Bao Chengxian understood it, and immediately said: "I am profusely sweating, there is indeed a Fanjiayu nearby."

Fanjiayu is a small mountain village, east of the later Banruoyuan Reservoir.

Immediately, several cavalry rushed away and returned an hour later.

"Khan, Fanjiayu has been razed to the ground. Hundreds of people were massacred and burned at the entrance of the village."

So far, Huang Taiji is finally convinced of this scholar named Fan Ji.

"Then you can follow suit."

Fan Ji was not willing to give up, he gritted his teeth and said: "Khan, the students know where the Ming army went."

Everyone was shocked, and they all showed ecstasy.

The stolen Zunhua City and the Chahan Department were almost the biggest loss of the invaders.If this doesn't bring him back, it will really damage Huang Taiji's reputation.

Huang Taiji asked, "How do you know?"

Fan Ji is easy to speak.

"Since the student was lucky enough to survive, he has been wandering around in the mountains. When he was looking for food the day before yesterday, he saw that group of Ming troops heading east in Changsheng Valley."

Huang Taiji knew what was going on without even looking at the map.

But others also know.

Duoduo snorted: "Damn Cai Tong, so many people passed by without realizing it."

Cai Tong turned out to be the general manager of Hongshan Pass in the Ming Dynasty. When Hou Jin broke through the pass, he surrendered on the spot.

Because there was no general at Hongshan Pass, this guy was promoted to guard and remained in place.

The several place names mentioned by Fan Ji are all near Hongshan Pass.However, Huang Taiji did not receive a report here, so Duoduo said that Cai Tong's crime was unforgivable.

But his purpose is obviously not to target a mere defense, but to ridicule Huang Taiji's unknown people.

How could Huang Taiji not hear it, it was just that he remained calm on the surface.

After inheriting Khan's position, it was these brothers who gave him the most headache.

Before gaining great prestige, Huang Taiji had no other choice.

But it is still very easy to trouble the Dorgon brothers.

"Since that's the case, Dorgon and Duoduo, you two will lead the troops of the headquarters, together with Hauge's troops, to find out and get rid of this group of Ming troops."

The army of this era, whether it is the Ming army or the later Jin army, is not very willing to drill mountain valleys.

In doing so, Huang Taiji was obviously punishing Doduo for his disrespect.

As for sending Hauge there, it has another purpose.

He said to Fan Ji again: "Follow Hauge and guide the way carefully. You are a loyal person, and I, Da Jin, will not treat loyal ministers badly."

Fan Ji bowed down immediately, kneeling three times and knocking nine times.

"It is a great grace from God that the grassroots people can get into the big gold to serve the people. The only way to repay it is to swear to die and live up to the grace of God."

Huang Taiji was very good at inviting people's hearts, so he said: "In this way, I will be promoted to the literary library as a student, and I will plan for me with all the scholars of the Han family."

Fan Ji was overjoyed, thanked him again, and followed Hauge happily.

On the same day, brothers Hauge and Dorgon each led their own troops, deviated from the main road, entered the mountains, and searched for traces of the rear camp.

Dorgon and Duoduo took the north road and crossed the Luan River from the Sahe Bridge; Haoge took the south road and entered the mountain from the north of Qianxi County.

The two armies have a total of [-] people, which is nearly ten times that of the rear battalion.

(End of this chapter)